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Nobuhiko Ôbayashi was born on 9 January 1938 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and editor, known for House (1977), Turning Point (1994) and The Discarnates (1988). He was married to Kyôko Ôbayashi. He died on 10 April 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.- Haruka Ayase was born Aya Tademaru in Hiroshima on March 24, 1985. She's a former gravure idol who has gone on to become a mainstream model, singer & actress. She was athletic during her school days & participated in several sports. She began acting with an appearance in NTV TV's "The Files of the Young Kindaichi 3 (2001)" starring Jun Matsumoto in 2001, the short film Justice in 2002, the feature-length Jam Films of 2002 and finally Amemasu No Kawa in 2004. Her debut single, called Piriodo, was released in 2006, making the Japanese charts' top 10. She has subsequently appeared in diverse roles such as a teacher in Oppai Volleyball, as a cyborg in My Girlfriend Is A Cyborg, a blind masseuse in the historical action film Ichi and as a nurse in the Edo period drama, Jin.
Due to the roles as well as her physical appearance, she has become a popular figure in Japan, the subject of photo books, a corporate spokesperson & hostess of many TV shows. She has won several awards & has been nominated for more.
She's signed to the Horipro Talent Agency, where she got her start after competing in the 25th Horipro Talent Scout Caravan upon moving to Tokyo. She cites karaoke as one of her favorite pastimes. - Director
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Shinsuke Sato was born on 16 September 1970 in Hiroshima, Prefecture Hiroshima, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for I Am a Hero (2015), The Princess Blade (2001) and Inuyashiki (2018).- Miki Maya was born on 31 January 1964 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Quiz Show (2008), Atenshon purîzu (2006) and Absolute Boyfriend (2008). She has been married to Kazuhiro Nishijima since 22 December 2008.
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Kaneto Shindô was born on 22 April 1912 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Postcard (2010), The Island (1960) and A Last Note (1995). He was married to Nobuko Otowa and Miyo Shindo. He died on 29 May 2012 in Hiroshima, Japan.- Miyavi Matsunoi was born on 1 January 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Venus in Eros (2012), Garo the Movie: Red Requiem (2010) and Shinkaijû Reigô (2005).
- Megumi Okina was born on 6 August 1979 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shutter (2008), Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) and Tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko (2001). She has been married to Ryô Kimura since 12 March 2016. She was previously married to Susumu Fujita.
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Nozomu Sasaki was born on 25 January 1967 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an actor and composer, known for Akira (1988), The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) and Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988).- Actor
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Nobuyuki Hiyama was born on 25 August 1967 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an actor, known for Gurren Lagann (2007), Seiju Sentai Gingaman (1998) and Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995).- Isao Kimura had featured roles in several of Akira Kurosawa's masterworks. The handsome young actor portrayed a wide range of characters under the master's guidance. He first played the war-damaged hoodlum Yusa in Stray Dog with antagonism and palpable pain; then, at the opposite end of the spectrum but with equal veracity, Kimura played the innocent, hero-worshiping, faun-like apprentice Katsushiro in Seven Samurai. Although Kimura was 31 when he did the latter role, he looked the part perfectly, and portrayed the wide-eyed teenage warrior with sympathy and passion.
After a long film career in film, Kimura founded and directed an acting company which ultimately went bankrupt. He worked arduously for years to pay off all its debts, but shortly after completing this self-imposed task he became ill, and died much too young at 58 years old. It is, therefore, fair to say that Isao Kimura led his life with the same sense of honor that he so often portrayed in his films. - Mikijirô Hira was born on 21 November 1933 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was an actor, known for 13 Assassins (2010), The Face of Another (1966) and Sword of the Beast (1965). He was married to Yoshiko Sakuma. He died on 23 October 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Seiichiro Yamashita was born on 21 May 1992 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for The Eminence in Shadow (2022), 86 (2021) and Insomniacs After School (2023).
- Kaori Asô was born on 17 March 1963 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Flower and Snake: Sketch of Hell (1985).
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Haruko Sugimura was born on 6 January 1909 in Hiroshima, Japan. She was an actress, known for Tokyo Story (1953), A Last Note (1995) and Repast (1951). She died on 4 April 1997 in Tokyo, Japan.- Actor
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Masaharu Morimoto was born on 26 May 1955 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an actor, known for Morimoto's Sushi Master (2023), Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine (2008).- Director
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Kôzaburô Yoshimura was born on 9 September 1911 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Anjô-ke no butôkai (1947), A Night to Remember (1962) and Clothes of Deception (1951). He died on 7 November 2000 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.- Writer
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Miwa Nishikawa was born on 8 July 1974 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. She is a writer and director, known for Dear Doctor (2009), Sway (2006) and Wild Berries (2003).- Mayuko Sasaki was born on 6 September 1970 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress.
- Mutsuo Yoshioka was born on 11 July 1976 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Sex Machine (2005) and Uncle's Paradise (2006).
- Yûtaro was born on 3 June 1998 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an actor, known for Follow Saretara Owari (2019), Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020) and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019).
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Joins Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, was promoted to assistant director with "Dr. Slump" in 1982. Debuted as film director with "Dragon Ball: Secret of Dragon God" in 1986 (he directed the two first films of the series). From 1989 also directed the TV series and first films of its sequel, "Dragon Ball Z".- Akari Fukunaga was born on 7 December 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Real Thing (2019), Utenai keikan (2016) and The Real Thing (2020).
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Nobuyoshi Habara was born on 21 June 1963 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. He is a director, known for Martian Successor Nadesico (1996), Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012) and Steam Detectives (1998).- Kumi Imura was born on 11 December 1983 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mûnraito jerîfisshu (2004), Madan Senki Ryukendo (2006) and Chouseishin Gransazer (2003).
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Naho Toda was born on 13 March 1974 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Sky High (2002), Zettai reido: Tokushu hanzai sennyû sôsa (2011) and Kon'na koi no hanashi (1997).- Suzuka Nakamoto was born on 20 December 1997 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Live in London: Babymetal World Tour 2014 (2015), Psychic Squad (2008) and Babymetal - Live: Legend I, D, Z Apocalypse (2013).
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Nobuhiro Suwa was born on 28 May 1960 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Paris, I Love You (2006), M/Other (1999) and A Perfect Couple (2005).- Actor
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Kôji Kikkawa was born on 18 August 1965 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an actor and composer, known for Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012), Sukanpin walk (1984) and Kamen Rider Movie War 2010: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider W & Decade (2009).- Actress
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Sugino Kiki was born in Hiroshima, Japan to parents of Korean descent on 12.03.1984. Her Hangul name is Yeong-Hwa Seo. She attended Keio University of Tokyo to study economics and travelled to South Korea, on a break during her third year at age 21, where she appeared in a minor film called Nunbushin Haru and tried her hand at singing. She had heard about the audition coincidentally and had obtained the role despite not even speaking the language of her ancestors. She was to co-produce a film with Malaysian director Yasmin Ahmad in 2009, but his imminent death put an end to the project. Her breakthrough came in the comedic Hospitalité of 2010 in which she not only acted, but also co-produced. Her portrayal as a duplicitous-attractive-good-wife-gone-bad was a success. Sugino's co-producer Fukada Koji had become a repeat collaborator by then. The film won a sectional prize in Japan and was screened at festivals around the world. The Tokyo International Film Festival accorded a section entitled Sugino Kiki: Muse Of The Asian Indie Cinema in 2011. She has gone on to act, write, direct, produce including in the film Au Revoir L'Ete in which she followed an earlier pattern this time being the duplicitous-attractive-good-daughter-gone-bad and even sing a song for a movie. Sugino was rammed by a taxi in Rotterdam, The Netherlands where she was attending an International Film Festival Rotterdam screening of Chigasaki Story and acting as a jurist. Her legs and hip were broken in five spots and she was told she will be off her feet for a year. Her 2016 film Snow Woman, which was exhibited at the Tokyo International Film Festival, is a remake or re-adaptation of Lafcadio Hearn's scary tome Kaidan and more specifically its Yuki Onna ('Snow Woman') story. Sugino has become something of a darling of independent cinema, but does not wish to be restricted as such and, given her multiple talents and how much she has achieved at a young age, will not be for long. Sugino is hellbent on pushing boundaries, making a science fiction and musical movie and cites directors Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasuzo Masumura as influences.- Mayumi Shintani was born on 6 November 1975 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for KILL la KILL (2013), FLCL (2000) and His and Her Circumstances (1998).
- Naomi Nishida was born on 16 February 1972 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Secret Garden (1997), Nabbie's Love (1999) and Godzilla 2000 (1999). She has been married to Bestwvman? Marry Me since 1 April 2021.
- Yûta Hiraoka was born on 1 September 1984 in Hiroshima-ken, Japan. He is an actor, known for Swing Girls (2004), Nana (2005) and Dance Subaru (2009).
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He was graduated from Rikkyo University in 1980. In his student time, he belongs to students' movie production circle "Rikkyo SPP" and he collaborated with Kiyoshi Kurosawa who is now one of most talented young movie director in Japan. After graduation, he tried to earn his life as actor and appeared in some movies, but finally he abandoned his actor life. So in 1989, he started to work in a TV program production company. In the company, he made more than 40 TV programs. In October 1995, he stared to make a documentary movie of Japanese notorious religious cult: "AUM Shinrikyo". In 1996, he was fired by his TV production company cause of opposition of the production stance of the documentary between him and the company. In January 1998, he completed his documentary movie: "A".- Actress
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Mîna Tominaga was born on 3 April 1966 in Koinishi, Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Rurouni Kenshin (1996) and Patlabor: The TV Series (1989). She has been married to Shôichirô Masumoto since August 2001. They have two children. She was previously married to Kazuki Yao.- Animation Department
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Satoshi Urushihara was born on 9 February 1966 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is a writer, known for Akira (1988) and The Transformers: The Movie (1986).- Animation Department
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Masami Ôbari was born on 24 January 1966 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Platinumhugen Ordian (2000). He has been married to Ritsu Togasaki since 14 November 2016. He was previously married to Atsuko Ishida.- Actress
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Nao Oikawa was born on 21 April 1981 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress and director, known for Engine Sentai Go-onger (2008), Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger Ginmaku Bang! (2010) and Engine Sentai Go-onger VS Gekiranger (2009).- Director
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Nobuhiro Doi was born on 11 April 1964 in Hiroshima, Japan. Nobuhiro is a director and producer, known for Sleepeeer Hit! (2016), The Voice of Sin (2020) and Dr. Storks (2015).- Yûrei Yanagi was born on 8 April 1963 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Fireworks (1997), Ringu (1998) and Boiling Point (1990). He has been married to Atsuko Kawada since 1999.
- Kotoha Hiroyama was born on 2 February 1985 in Hiroshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Grotesque (2009), Saigo kara nibanme no koi (2012) and Sheruetto (2008).
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Nobuo Mizuta was born on 20 August 1958 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. Nobuo is a director and producer, known for Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel (2006), 252: Seizonsha ari (2008) and Yutori desuga nanika (2016).- Writer
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Keiji Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, Japan in1939. His father was opposed to Japan being involved in a war that they would lose and that it was a reckless war. But when he was six years old, the first nuclear weapon "" has detonated above his home of Hiroshima, killing his father sister, and little brother. He and his mother had to struggle for survival in the chaotic aftermath. Even the most basic information on radiation and it's effects were classified until 1957 and those who were victims had to hide their origins, or face discrimination, as many outsiders thought they carried disease or even a curse.
Keiji became an artist in Tokyo, publishing his first work in 1963, his first creations being boys' adventure stories such as "Spark One" and "Space Giraffe". But in 1966 he rushed home for his mother's funeral and was angered by the fact that there were so few bone fragments left of his mother's cremated remains. When he had dug his father and siblings out of the ruins, their skulls were in tact, so he felt that in his mother's case, the bomb had deprived her of even her bones, after surviving 21 years on. He vowed never to endure wars and atomic bombs, returned to Tokyo and risked pariah status by openly discussing his experiences of the bomb and then writing of them, with the first of his "Black" series, "Beneath The Black Rain".
In 1972 the boys' magazine "Shonen Jump" began running stories about the lives of manga artists, Keiji used it as a platform to publish "I Saw It", an account of Hiroshima, which eventually formed the opening chapters of his ten-volume series "Hadashi no Gen" (aka Barefoot Gen). It was published at the height of the cold war and shortly after student demonstrations over Japan's "Security Treaty" with the US. Large publishers had previously refused to publish it out of fear of finding themselves on CIA blacklists. The family saga was not completed until 1987.
Later volumes (two of which became the basis for Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) detail the attempts of the survivors to stay alive in the ruins and were told in a cartoon-ish style that was popular in comics in the 1970s. A group of Americans including Jared Cook and Frederik L. Schodt acquired copies of Barefoot Gen and began "Project Gen". The group was formed by a group of students from Japan, USA and Russian that sought to translate the manga series into several languages and distribute them worldwide as an attempt to spread an anti war/nuclear weapons message. The story was also adapted into live action films (the first of which won Best Screenplay at the Czech Film Festival in 1977) and two animated versions. Keiji is credited as screenwriter for the 1st anime, but had no direct involvement in the 2nd.
Keiji went on to write many more manga, including some more that involved the Japanese experience surrounding the second world war, such as "Okonomi Ha-chan" which was turned into a live action movie (Okonomi Hatchan (1999)), with Keiji writing and directing.- Kenjirô Ishiyama was born on 10 October 1903 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was an actor, known for High and Low (1963), Shiosai (1964) and Las Vegas Free-for-All (1967). He died on 10 May 1976.
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Miyu Matsuki was born on 14 September 1977 in Hiroshima, Japan. She was an actress, known for Romio x Jurietto (2007), Ayakashi (2007) and Sword of the Stranger (2007). She died on 27 October 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.- Shigeru Kôyama was born on 16 January 1929 in Hiroshima, Japan. He was an actor, known for Black Rain (1989), Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995). He died on 3 January 2017 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan.
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Yumeji Tsukioka was born on 14 October 1922 in Hiroshima, Japan. She was an actress, known for Late Spring (1949), Love Under the Crucifix (1962) and Z no senritsu (1948). She was married to Umetsugu Inoue. She died on 3 May 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.- Director
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Hideyuki is a Japanese writer and director based in Japan. He started out working across production in Discovery Channel Asia (Singapore) as producer / director, and in 2001 he moved back to Tokyo to work at Walt Disney Television (Tokyo) as a senior producer. Hideyuki studied filmmaking at Vancouver Film School, and continued to hone his craft under the guidance of acclaimed Japanese director, Shunji Iwai, with whom he worked as a producer on the 2002 FIFA World Cup feature documentary. Hideyuki eventually founded TimeRiver Pictures Inc. to independently create feature documentaries, television commercials, music videos, and short films. He made his feature directorial debut with Radio Love, a tale of a series of strange events that inspire a charismatic but disillusioned radio jockey. The film received the Audience Choice Award at Cinema Verde and was distributed nationwide in Japan. Hideyuki's subsequent project, Hiroshima Carp Theatre, a unique human drama related to baseball culture and the city of Hiroshima, screened at the Hiroshima International Film Festival and the Oniros Film Awards, where it received the Hiroshima Peace Award and the Best Feature Film Award respectively. He has also directed features including Dancing in Her Dreams, based on the life of a strip club owner in Hiroshima, and Cinema Angel. The former enjoyed a successful festival run and was honoured with a Jury Award at the Madrid International Film Festival, and the latter garnered accolades for Best Director and Best Feature Film at the Montelupo Fiorentino Film Festival. Hideyuki has also worked on numerous documentaries, including What is Your Important Memory?, about reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's in the US, Put your Heart Together, where Seiko Matsuda and Bob James visit the north of Japan after the great earthquake, New Silkroad Series (China) for the NHK, The History of VFX Movies (US), Who I Am for WOWOW, and Photo from the Sea, Nobu's Japan for Discovery Asia.- Art Department
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Yoji Shinkawa was born on 25 December 1971 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an art director, known for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008), Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005).- Director
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Tetsuya Yamanouchi was born on 20 July 1934 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for The Ninja Hunt (1964), Zenigata Heiji (1966) and Mei shan shou qi guai (1973). He died on 2 April 2010 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan.- Jeuron Wilson was born on 22 August 2001 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan. He is an actor, known for Spider-Man: Morales No More (2024) and Spider-Man: Date Night (2024).